Orcad 16.3 to Orcad 9.2

keith1200rs said:

It is simpler than that. Simply save your 16.3 schematics in 16.2 format using 'SaveAs. Version 9.2 will then be able to read it.

Keith

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Nandulal said:

Dear All,

Initially I'm using Orcad 9.2 for schematics then we moved to Orcad 16.3. But we have some issues with Orcad 16.3.

Now we want to convert schematics drawn in ver 16.3 to ver 9.2. is there any way to do it?

Plz help.

Regards

I tried almost all possible combinations based on various suggestions about this topic, and I finally succeeded to convert a rather
complex, 9 page hierarchical design from Capture 16.3 to 9.2. I had hundreds of failed attempts and one success. Here it is:

1. Open Design Resources, Right click on Library, add a project library with the name and path of your choice.
2. Right click on Design Cache - Cleanup Cache.
2. Right click on each component in the Design Cache, Copy.
3. Right click on Your Library, Paste.
4. Repeat the process for all components in the Design Cache.
5. Close your project.
6. Select File -> Open -> Library -> Your Library.
7. Select File -> Save As -> Capture 16.2
8. Open Capture 16.2. Believe it or not, you can load the 16.2 Library. Save As 9.2 Library
9. Go back to Capture 16.3 (or higher). Open your design.
In theory, you should be able to Save As Capture 16.2 and load it into 9.2.
It did not work for me, I was getting error messages. The only way to avoid it was to transfer one page at a time.
Better than re-drawing it. Here is the process:

Open a new design. Go to the design to be converted. Select the first page. Copy.
Go to the new design. Paste. Save As 16.2.
Go to Capture 9.2. Load the just-saved design. Save As 9.2
Repeat this process for each page in your design.

Hope it works for you.

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